Introduction:

The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer can cause significant modifications in the lives of men, altering their quality of life. The aim of this study was to assess the health-related quality of life of patients with prostate cancer in hormone therapy and radiotherapy treatment.

Materials and Methods:

Descriptive, cross-sectional study with sociodemographic, clinical data and quality of life evaluation of 213 patients, obtained from the interview script and through the questionnaire Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite. Descriptive statistics were used.

Results:

There was a predominance of white men over 50 years of age, married, with low schooling, and retirees with initial diagnosis obtained by alterations on the specific prostatic antigen test and stage II. The mean scores obtained in the sexual function domain indicated a decrease in quality of life for both treatments.

Discussion:

Hormone therapy and radiotherapy can cause some type of type of effect on the sexual function, directly related to a significant impact on the quality of life related to health for many men.

Conclusions:

Although the results were obtained and analyzed for the first time in the study hospital, they offer subsidies for the knowledge of the local reality and corroborate with findings from other studies carried out in different places and realities.

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